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Fetteresso (Sir Robert Duff), 1883
Francois Verheyden, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Purchased 2015
Francois Peron
Biography
François Péron (1775-1810), naturalist and explorer, served as a soldier from 1792 to 1794, in which period he was imprisoned and lost the sight of one eye.
6 portraits in the collection
Jean Francois Rigaud
Biography
Jean François Rigaud, French/ Italian artist, trained in Italy, where he became a member of the Bologna Academy in 1766.
1 portrait in the collection
Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (text volume one of four with frontispice portrait of Francois Peron), 1824
Francois Peron, Louis de Freycinet
Portrait, leather bound volume with text and engraving
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (text volume four of four), 1824
Francois Peron, Louis de Freycinet
Portrait, leather bound volume with text
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (text volume two of four), 1824
Francois Peron, Louis de Freycinet
Portrait, leather bound volume with text
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (text volume three of four), 1824
Francois Peron, Louis de Freycinet
Portrait, leather bound volume with text
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
François Péron, c. 1805
Conrad Westermayr after Jean Henri Cless
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes folio atlas (second edition), 1824
Francois Peron, Louis de Freycinet, Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, leather bound volume containing a double-page map of Australia, seven full-page charts, two double-page views, 27 hand-coloured engraving plates and 31 uncoloured engraving plates
Purchased 2017
Portrait of Dr Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster, c. 1780
Jean Francois Rigaud
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family, the Ian Potter Foundation and John Schaeffer AO 2009
Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy, 1798
James Heath, G G & J Robinson
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
Nourou-gal-derri, 1807-1817
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased 2009
Portrait of Henry Kendall, c. 1890-1894
S. Milbourn Jnr
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Henry Kendall
Biography
Henry (Thomas Henry) Kendall (1839-1882) was once regarded as the finest poet Australia had produced.
1 portrait in the collection
Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet
Biography
Louis-Claude Desaulses de Freycinet (1779–1842), hydrographer and cartographer, sailed with Nicolas Baudin on the Expédition aux terres australes, a journey of discovery, commissioned by Napoléon, to the unknown southern coast of New Holland.
1 portrait in the collection
Sea legged frogs
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2011
Joanna Gilmour describes some of the stories of the individuals and incidents that define French exploration of Australia and the Pacific.